Creating an Imperial City--The Consolidation Plan of 1898

Data-Based Framing Questions:

• What was the rationale given for the consolidation of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island into Greater New York City?
• Who supported the plan? Why?
• Who opposed the plan? Why?
• How did the consolidation pave the way for the future development of New York City?

Primary Sources:
The New York Times:
Brooklyn Asks for Union.pdf
Brroklyns Benefits Vast (Consolidation Plan 1898).pdf
Consolidating the Metropolis.pdf
For a Greater New York.pdf
Give the People a Voice.pdf
Greater New York.pdf
Metropolitan Government.pdf
Municipal Consolidation.pdf
Now for Greater New York.pdf
Self Government for Cities.pdf
The Future Metropolis.pdf
The Greater New York (1898 Consolidation Plan).pdf
The Greater New York Bill.pdf
To Make Greater City (1898 Consolidation Plan).pdf

Secondary Sources:
Edwin G. Burrows & Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, (New York: Oxford University Press,1999).
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